Signing the surrender of the Japanese South-east Army. At top, Admiral Jin-Ichi Kusaka, commander of the Japanese fleet in the area, brushing his signature to the document aboard H.M. aircraft-carrier Glory. Lieut.-General V. A. 11. Sturdee, Commander of the Australian Ist Army, is standing on the right of the table. New Zealand was represented^ by Air Commodore G. N. Roberts. In the lower picture the officer of the watch (with back to camera) keeps an eye on the Japanese party on the flight deck of the carrier, while armed guards stand ready. (Evening Post, 13 September 1945)

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Signing the surrender of the Japanese South-east Army. At top, Admiral Jin-Ichi Kusaka, commander of the Japanese fleet in the area, brushing his signature to the document aboard H.M. aircraft-carrier Glory. Lieut.-General V. A. 11. Sturdee, Commander of the Australian Ist Army, is standing on the right of the table. New Zealand was represented^ by Air Commodore G. N. Roberts. In the lower picture the officer of the watch (with back to camera) keeps an eye on the Japanese party on the flight deck of the carrier, while armed guards stand ready. (Evening Post, 13 September 1945)

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